For the entire financial year 2024-25, Unity Small Finance Bank reported a 10 percent increase in its profit to Rs 482 crore from Rs 439 crore in the previous fiscal.
In an interview, CEO Nalin Negi outlines a focused strategy for BharatPe, including building consumer payments app, without being in the race for UPI market share, and hitting full-year Ebitda profitability in FY25.
Unity Small Finance Bank | The capital adequacy ratio of the bank promoted by Centrum Group stood at 29 percent.
Under Camotra, the SFB manages a deposit base of more than Rs 8,000 crore and has a loan book of over Rs 8,500 crore.
BharatPe owns 49% in Unity SFB, and Centrum group the remaining 51%. Sources say BharatPe is likely to pare its shareholding to around 25-26%. Company calls it speculation.
Unity Small Finance Bank, promoted by the Centrum Group, recorded a 79% increase in net income to Rs 110 crore in the December quarter, supported by an overall strong set of data.
Unity Small Finance Bank Limited is a scheduled commercial bank, promoted by Centrum Financial Services Ltd.
Unity is the latest lender to join the war for deposits as banks scramble to raise funds amid tight competition. Unity SFB’s rate hikes are effective February 15
Camotra has over 25 years of experience across the country in leadership positions at Standard Chartered Bank, ANZ and Citigroup
The Reserve Bank of India on June 18 granted “in-principle” approval to Centrum Financial Services Limited to set up an SFB, paving the way for the entity to take over the crisis-ridden PMC Bank.
The move comes after BharatPe's board said in a statement that Grover is no longer an employee, a founder, or a director of the company.
Alleged corporate governance issues, infighting and mud-slinging in public do not augur well for BharatPe which is a part of the PMC Bank rescue mission.
Several banking industry stalwarts, including RBI veteran Sandip Ghose, former Syndicate Bank CMD Basant Seth and ex-RBL Bank chairman Subhash Kutte have recently joined Unity SFB's board.
The clarification from Centrum comes amid speculations that Bindra wrote to the RBI in the wake of the episode involving Ashneer Grover allegedly abusing a Kotak Group employee.